Smart Cities Hackthon was concluded at Prince Sattam University in Al-Kharj governorate. Prof. Abdulaziz Al Hamid Rector of PSAU, crowned the first three winning teams the among the 64 participating teams. This came during a number of stages where 8 groups were nominated for a final evaluation before the arbitration committee.
The results announced that the BLE team is the winner of the first prize of 15.000 SR, which developed the idea of applying the car to others to use this application to share bikes, cars, and cars among users in an easy and distinctive way. The second place was won by the “Kanaf” team, which won a prize of SR 10,000 for the idea of a project that serves the security companies, the civil defense, and the private sector. The idea of this project is to calculate the number of people in the building through the entrance and exit gate. In the event of fire or security problems, The number of individuals inside the building quickly and easily achieved. The third place and the 5000 SR award were awarded to Smart Uni for its project to develop the university environment to become a smart university by providing technical services to the university student. All participants and participants were continuously supported by specialists in the three who provided advice, guidance and support, Obstacles and optimization of their actions.
The number of participants in the Hackthon 500 participants and participants, 350 ideas were accepted and a group of accompanying events was established represented in the presentation of a number of workshops and lectures.
On his part, Rector delivered a speech expressed his pride and appreciation to all participants in this event, stressing the University's keenness to provide a stimulating environment that helps to highlight the talents of students and their abilities to take advantage of their creativity and excellence. In addition to the creative creations and creative projects that contribute to the creation of smart cities many other skills, most notably working in the team and work under pressure and learn the arts of leadership, and we at the University is in the implementation of such programs and events that come Integration and achieving the ambitious vision of the Kingdom of 2030.
